“Coaching and mentoring can be effective approaches to developing employees. Both have grown in popularity, with many employers using them to enhance the skills, knowledge and performance of their people around specific skills and goals…Deciding when coaching is the best development intervention is key to harnessing its potential.” (CIPD, 2019)
Question 1
Use the theory of andragogy to assess the effectiveness of coaching and mentoring as a learning approach for the individual.
define theory androgogy and coaching and mentoring and for both dissadvantage and advantage
•You are being asked to
–Identify the main points of the theory
–Then think about whether coaching and mentoring provide a learning experience which meets the main points of the theory
MacLennan (1995, pp4-5) says:
A coach is someone available for the performer to learn WITH
A mentor is someone available for the performer to learn FROM
Parsloe (1992)
Coaching (is)… directly concerned with the immediate improvement of performance and development of skills by a form of tutoring or instruction
Mentoring is always at least one step removed and is concerned with the longer term acquisition and application of skills
Caplan (2003) uses the terms interchangeably
Organisations should “seek their own definitions of coaching” (Jarvis, Lane & Fillery-Travis, 2006)
Grow model,model of coaching and model of mentoring
